He appears for the first time in the records in 1640 when he is registered in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke as a pupil of the prominent still life painter Frans Ykens.
[2] A Still Life with Oysters, Grapes, Lemons, Peaches, and Cherries auctioned at Sotheby's (New York, 31 January 2013, lot 233) is possibly dated to 1654.
[5] Because of the closeness in style to these masters, Dandoy's unsigned works have regularly been attributed to Joris van Son and even Jan Davidsz.
[2] Some of his paintings have mistakenly been attributed to G. van Deynum, another follower of de Heem active in Antwerp in the 1650s.
[6] An autographed still life with fruits and oysters on canvas dated to 1652 was auctioned at Sotheby's on 28 May 1965.